Mission to Heal

Surgical Care and Training for the Developing World

About the Organization

Mission to Heal is dedicated to providing medical care and creating a sustainable healthcare legacy in places where people are too sick, too poor, or too remote to access it on their own. Thank you for joining this mission! Learn more about who we are and what we do at missiontoheal.org

The vision of this organization was established by Dr. Glenn Geelhoed. He felt called to mission service as a young medical student and never looked back. 50 years later, as an accomplished and renowned surgeon and professor with hundreds of medical missions to his credit, he remains in relentless pursuit of a better world.

Our founder Dr. Geelhoed still participates in a number of our missions, traveling and sharing his story, providing care and education to the overlooked and undervalued, and guiding students and volunteers on transformational journeys that will stay with them forever. By choosing to join or support this team, you are making an investment that will yield indefinite and exponential returns.

Volunteering with M2H

What should you expect as a volunteer? Our days in the field are often long and demanding, normally devoid of comforts from the developed world, and filled with complex problems that have no obvious solutions. However, and with exceptional consistency, our mission team members return from these engagements with incredible stories, lifelong friendships, and an unflinching desire to do it all over again.

All volunteers are asked to fundraise $5,500 for Mission to Heal. This amount covers the cost of airfare from their home country to the mission location in addition to food, lodging, and in-country transportation. 

We've found that having all these costs covered ahead of time leads to the smoothest experience for volunteers. It also helps us as a nonprofit cover the costs of utilizing the Mobile Surgical Units and bringing along the healthcare supplies needed for each trip. This fundraising amount is an investment into the future of volunteers and patients alike.

All donations are 100% tax deductible, both for the volunteer and for anyone who donates on their behalf. Together, we can do this!

Encouragement

Our founder has often been confronted by mission beneficiaries who view his body of work and say: “I want to do what you do, but I don’t have the same advantages that you had.”

His response: “You’re right! We all have different starting lines. Regardless, it is time to get started.”